Doris Rushland

Doris Rushland was a resident of Newcastle upon Tyne during the 1970s. During the 1979 United Kingdom general election, Labour candidate Nicky Hutchinson visited her home in an attempt to convince her to vote for Labour, but she complained about the Romani causing trouble in her backyard, and Hutchinson told her that they had a right to be there; Rushland told him that she would never vote for him or his party; this was witnessed by the press, which used the incident against him. Shortly after, Conservative Party candidate Claudia Seabrook visited her home and told her that she agreed that the gypsies should be sent to homeless centers, and she convinced Rushland to hang her poster on her door.